-2.6.x kernel tree+3.x kernel tree ------------------2.6.x kernels are maintained by Linus Torvalds, and can be found on-kernel.org in the pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ directory. Its development+3.x kernels are maintained by Linus Torvalds, and can be found on+kernel.org in the pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ directory. Its development process is as follows: - As soon as a new kernel is released a two weeks window is open, during this period of time maintainers can submit big diffs to@@ -262,20 +262,20 @@ mailing list about kernel releases: released according to perceived bug status, not according to a preconceived timeline."

-2.6.x.y -stable kernel tree+3.x.y -stable kernel tree ----------------------------Kernels with 4-part versions are -stable kernels. They contain+Kernels with 3-part versions are -stable kernels. They contain relatively small and critical fixes for security problems or significant-regressions discovered in a given 2.6.x kernel.+regressions discovered in a given 3.x kernel.

This is the recommended branch for users who want the most recent stable kernel and are not interested in helping test development/experimental versions.

-If no 2.6.x.y kernel is available, then the highest numbered 2.6.x+If no 3.x.y kernel is available, then the highest numbered 3.x kernel is the current stable kernel.

-2.6.x.y are maintained by the "stable" team <stable@vger.kernel.org>, and+3.x.y are maintained by the "stable" team <stable@vger.kernel.org>, and are released as needs dictate. The normal release period is approximately two weeks, but it can be longer if there are no pressing problems. A security-related problem, instead, can cause a release to happen almost@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ The file Documentation/stable_kernel_rul documents what kinds of changes are acceptable for the -stable tree, and how the release process works.

-2.6.x -git patches+3.x -git patches ------------------ These are daily snapshots of Linus' kernel tree which are managed in a git repository (hence the name.) These patches are usually released@@ -317,13 +317,13 @@ revisions to it, and maintainers can mar accepted, or rejected. Most of these patchwork sites are listed athttp://patchwork.kernel.org/.